Shoe.



G. H. GARDINER.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1914.

8,524, Patented Dec. 7, 1915. I

GEORGE H. GARDINER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIG-NOR TO WICH ERT & GARDINER, A.

' CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

sHoE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. GARDINER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the city of New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoes, and has for its object the makingof shoes of greater elasticity and yieldabihty so as to have the shoe act in the manner of a spring arch, at the same time, however, causing a stiffening of the shoe and a securing of the parts together so as to prevent the breaking off of the heel.

More particularly the invention has special application to ladies shoes, having Louis XV heels or standard heels, so as to prevent their breaking off, which is likely owing to their height, and the lightness of the shoe.

A further object of the inventlon 1s-to provide a shoe wherein the heel and the outer sole are securely joined together so that these parts of the shoe are so fastened as to give and take under the actions of the wearer in an efficient manner.

For this purpose my invention consists of the improvements described herein and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a view of a heel, an outer sole and a stay joined together in accordance wlth my invention, these parts being shown separately from theshoe in order to clearly bring out the novelty of the invention, Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the improved stay, Fig. 4 shows a view taken on line 44 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 shows a sectlo'n taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4;Fig. 6 is a side view of a modified form of stay, Fig. 7 is a side view of another form of stay, and Fig. 8 is a side view of still another form of stay. 1

Similar reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the various ticularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the heel 11 offigures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, and more par- Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec. 7, 1915.

Application filed February'2 1914. Serial No. 816,038.

other patterns may be used. While .it is usual to make the Louis XV and Cuban heels of wood, nevertheless, heels may be made of leather, in so far as my invention is concerned. The heel shown in Figs. 1 and2 and indicated by 11, is provided at its breast with a recess 14 which is cut out by means of suitable tools or burned or branded by means of a tool suitably heated, and of suit able shape, so that when applied in heated condition, it will burn out a portion and form a recess. This recess is clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5 as also in Fig.1. To the heel is secured a stay of improved form which has one portion 15 extending along the breast of the heel, and fitting into the recess 14, and which portion 15 is provided with suitable screw-holes 16, through which screws or other fastening means 17 are adapted to pass and which serve to secure the portion 14 of the stay securely in position on the breast of the heel. The other portion of the stay 12 is provided with rearwardly extending members 18, which are provided at their ends with holes 19 through which screws, nails, or other suitable fastening means 20 pass, and secure these ends 18 to the seat 21 of the heel. ment of the stay shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the rearwardly extending portions 18 are arranged bent or inclined so as to have substantially the same inclination as the inclination of the seat 21 of the heel 11, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4. The object of the inclined portions of the stay is to have it fit snugly against the heel seat and therefore act to securely hold the parts in position. I F orwardly of the rearwardly extending portions 18 and of the downwardly extending portion 15, the stay is provided with .a for- -In the embodi-' vided with openings or holes 24 through which screws or rivets 25 are adapted to pass. Thisforwardly extending portion 23 extends forwardly of the heel and toward the front part of the outer sole and along the inner side thereof, and is secured to the outer sole by means of the rivets 25.

In the shoes heretofore in use, it was customary to have the outer sole extend from the toe or tip portion of the shoe, rearwardly to the counter-portion thereof, and then to .apply the heel at the heel portion of the shoe directly to the exterior of theouter sole. In my improved form of shoe, howin Fig. 8.

- sole.

Y 1 ever, the outer sole does not extend rearwardly to the counter-portion, but only to about the shank portion of the shoe, and thereupon the outer sole is split and the inner split portion is skived off so that only the outer split portion remains. This outer split portion is then brought along the breast of the heel so as to cover the stay, its recess, and that portion of the heel, being suitably fastened thereto by glue, cement or other means known in the art. The portion that is split and skived off, serves to give a resilient action to the sole, and this portion is "clearly shown in Fig. 1, the outer split portion being indicated by 27, the line of split by 28, and the skiVed-ofl portion by 29.

In applying the stay to the heel, it is advantageous, and the efliciency of my im proved shoe depends considerably thereupon, to secure the downwardly" extending portion of the stay to the heel, and then force on, under resilient pressure, the heel portion of the stay.

In order to increase the resiliency of the shoe and to give a certain spring actibn to the stay, the heel portion of the shoe is provided with a cut-out portion indicatedby 30 which iscut out by a suitable knife or other means and by this the upper edge 31 of the heel can enter to a greater extent into the space between the downwardly extending portion of the stayand the heel portion of the stay than it can when such cut-outportion is not'provided. In orderto enable the'heel to enter also, the stay is provided at its downwardly bent portion with a special curve indicated by 32 in Fig. 6, or by an upward curve to the heel portion of the. stay which is indicated by 33 in Fig. 7, orby a right-angled bend which is indicated by 34 By the improvement described, a shoe is provided which is resilient on the one hand I and gives to the pressure of the foot, and atthe same time acts as an archsupport and heel protector aiding greatlyin the manufacture and sale of the shoes.

, I have shown an embodiment of my invention, as also several forms of the stay, forming part thereof,'but changes may be made therein. without departing from the spirit of the invention' as defined in theappended claims. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I l 1. An improved boot or shoe, comprising a heel, an outer sole, said outer sole having its rear end formed of two layers separated bv splitting, one of said layers being skived off, and a stay having one portion thereof secured to the breast of the heel, another end secured to the seat of the heel, and a front part secured to the inner part of the outer extendin layerbeing skived' olfapproximately at the edge of the heel, and astay secured to the outer sole and having one portion secured to the seat of the heel, another portion secured to the breast of the heel, and a front portion secured to the outer sole.

3. An improved boot or shoe, comprising a heel having a recessed portion in the breast thereof and a" recessed portion at the forward end of the heel seat contiguous with the recessed portion in the breast of the heel, and a stay having one part thereof within-t e recessed portion, another part thereof extending over the seat of the heel and a forward part. extending forwardly anld secured to the inner part of the outer so e. a

4'. An improved boot or shoe, comprising a heel hay'ing a recessed portion in the breast thereof and a recessed portion at the forward end of the heel seat contiguous with the-recessed portion in the breastof the heel, and a stay having one part thereof extending-over the breast of the heel-and stay to be firmly secured thereto.

5. In a boot or.shoe, thecombination of a heel having a recessed portion at the forward end of the heel seat, an outer sole, and a stay having one part thereof curved to extend over the breast of, the heel, another part" thereof extending forwardly and secured to the inner part of the outer sole and a rearwardly-extending part extending over the seat of the heel, said rearwardly extending part comprising two parallel members having unjoined ends on the seat of the bee 6. In a boot or shoe, the combination of a heel having a recessed portion at the forward end of the heel seat. an outer sole, and a stay having two parallel members extending' over the seat of the heel, one at each side thereof, another part of the stay extending-between the two parallel members downwardly against the breast of the heel, and a forward part extending forwardly anld secured to the inner part of the outer so e.

7. In a boot or shoe. the combination of a heel having a. curved seat: and a recessed portion at the forward end of the heel seat,

over the breast of the heel and v I ineaoae an outer sole, and a stay having two parallel members curved to fit the curvature of the seat of the heel and extending over the seat of the heel, one at each side thereof, another part of the stay extending between the two parallel members downwardly against the breast of the heel,-and a forward part extending forwardly and secured to the inner part. of the outer sole. H

8. In a boot or. shoe, a heel having a recessed portion at the forward end of the heel seat and a recessed portion in the breast thereof, 'an outer sole, anda stay having a forward part secured to the inner part of the outer sole, a downward part seated in the recessed portion of the breast of the heel, and a rearwardly-extending part seated on the seat of the heel comprising two parallel members, the forwardpart of the heel being seated" in the stay at the 20 GEORGE H. GARDINER. Witnesses F. Hoes G. Lown. 

